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Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית הגלבוע, ''Mo'atza Azorit (ha)Gilbo'a'') is a regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007. The size of the area is about 250,000 acres. It is bordered on the north and west by the Jezreel Valley and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council; on the east by the Beit She'an Valley and the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council, and on the south by the West Bank's Samarian mountains. History The Gilboa mountains that border the Jezreel Valley from the south and the Beit She'an Valley from the west form a part of the "water dividing line" of the land of Israel. In 1921, 75 men from Joseph Trumpeldor's work group built a tent camp near Ma'ayan Harod. Most of them were immigrants to Israel during the Second Aliyah, and some arrived in the Third Aliyah. Some of them were members of Hashomer. The program was the "building up o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Council (Israel)
Regional councils (plural: he, מוֹעָצוֹת אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת, ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot''https://milog.co.il/מוֹעָצוֹת_אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת / singular: he, מוֹעָצָה אֵזוֹרִית, ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's local government entities, with the other two being Municipality (Israel), cities and Local council (Israel), local councils. As of 2019, there were 54 regional councils, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas. Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinity of each other. Each community within a regional council usually does not exceed 2,000 in population and is managed by a Local committee (Israel), local committee. This committee sends representatives to the administering regional council proportionate to their size of membership and according to an index w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune (intentional Community)
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision, and typically share responsibilities and property. This way of life is sometimes characterized as an " alternative lifestyle". Intentional communities can be seen as social experiments or communal experiments. The multitude of intentional communities includes collective households, cohousing communities, coliving, ecovillages, monasteries, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, hutterites, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. History Ashrams are likely the earliest intentional communities founded around 1500 BCE, while Buddhist monasteries appeared around 500 BCE. Pythagoras founded an intellectual vegetarian commune in about 525 BCE in southern Italy. Hundreds of modern intentional communities were formed across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadish
Gadish ( he, גָּדִישׁ) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco as part of the program to settle the Ta'anakh region. The name ''Gadish'' means "heaping", in the sense that a person has more than enough agricultural produce. On January 12, 2003, two Palestinian terrorists, armed with guns, who illegally infiltrated into Israel, Entered Gadish and killed Eli Biton, an Israeli citizen. They were then killed in an exchange of fire with an IDF IDF or idf may refer to: Defence forces * Irish Defence Forces * Israel Defense Forces *Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006 * Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917 Organizations * Israeli Diving Federation * Interac ... force. References {{Gilboa Regional Council Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvora, Israel
Devorah ( he, דְּבוֹרָה) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. As of it had a population of . History The village was founded in 1956 by immigrants from Morocco as part of a program to populate the Ta'anakh region. It is namedCarta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 136, after the prophet Devorah (Deborah) (Judges 4:4), who defeated Sisera in the Book of Judges The Book of Judges (, ') is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom i .... References {{agri-stub Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1956 1956 establishments in Israel Moroccan-Jewish culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barak, Israel
Barak ( he, בָּרָק) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. As of it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1956 by Moroccan Jewish immigrants as part of the program to settle the Ta'anakh region. The name "Barak" is derivedCarta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 94, from the character Barak in the Book of Judges (f.e. chapter 4, vers 6), who defeated the enemy king Sisera near the location of the moshav. Notable residents * Joaquin Szuchman (born 1995), Israeli-Argentinian basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ... Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avital
Avital ( he, אֲבִיטַל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located ten kilometers south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In its population was . History The village was founded in 1953 by immigrants from Iran, Turkey and Kurdistan as part of the Moshavim Movement. Avital is located on land that until 1933 belonged to the Palestinian village of Zir'in. The name is connected to King David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ..., Avital was one of his wives (2 Samuel 3:4). But ''tal'' (eng. ''dew'') reminds also of David's lament in this area: "O mountains of Gilboa, may You have no dew" (2 Samuel 1:21).Bitan, Hanna: ''1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel'', Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adirim
Adirim ( he, אַדִּירִים) is a small moshav in northern Israel. Located adjacent to Barak, Israel, Barak and Dvora, Israel, Dvora and six kilometres south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In its population was . Etymology Adirim derives its name from the Bible; "Water he requested, (but) milk she gave him: in a lordly bowl she brought him cream." () Adirim is also mentioned in :Also, according to Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.71, (English) "Then down marched the remnant of the nobles." It commemorates the warriors of the nearby battle, led by the Biblical Deborah, as well as the Israeli soldiers who fought nearby in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, War of Independence. History The moshav founded on 20 February 1956 by immigrants from Morocco, the first of the Gush Hever moshavim. Its proximity to the Green Line made it a target for terrorist inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yizre'el
Yizre'el ( he, יִזְרְעֶאל) is a kibbutz in north-eastern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of . History After the Bahri dynasty, Mamluks took control of the area in the late 13th century, the Mamluk sultan Zahir Baybars defeated the Mongol Empire, Mongols in the Battle of Ain Jalut at a site just west of what was then Zir'in, where Yizre'el now stands. The kibbutz was established in August 1948 by demobilization, demobilised Palmach soldiers in the remains of the depopulated Palestinians, Palestinian village of Zir'in. In 1950, it moved North-West of the Zir'in village site. It was one of the first kibbutzim to abandon the system of children sleeping in communal houses, instead allowing them to live with their parents. It was named after the ancient city of Jezreel (city), Jezreel, which was located in the area allotted to the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18). Economy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heftziba
Heftziba ( he, חֶפְצִיבָּהּ) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the boundaries of the Jezreel and Beit She'an Valleys between the cities of Afula and Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was founded in 1922 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Germany. It was named after the farm adjacent to Hadera, where the original settlers worked before they relocated and founded the community. Originally the name derives from the Bible, where God speaks about his love for Israel: "My delight in her." (Isaiah 62:4) According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Heftziba had a population of 125 inhabitants, consisting of 123 Jews and 2 Muslims. The nearby Palestinian village of Saffuriya had been almost emptied of its 4000 inhabitants in July 1948. By early January, 1949, about 500 villagers had filtered back, but "neighbouring settlements covete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geva
Geva ( he, גֶּבַע, ''lit.'' Hill) is a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley in Israel. Located near the city of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Geva was founded in 1921 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia as the second and third wave of immigration. By 1948 it had a population of 439, which had grown to 506 at the end of 1951. The Gevatron singing troupe was established by members of Geva in 1948. It recorded over 20 albums. At the peak of its popularity in the 1980s, the troupe appeared at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv before an audience of 120,000. It collaborated with some of Israel's leading singers, among them Yoram Gaon, Shoshana Damari and Yehudit Ravitz. In 1972, the Gevatron won the David's Harp prize, in 1992 it won the Histadrut prize, and in 2008, it won the Israel Prize. Notable people *Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Harod (Meuhad)
Ein Harod (Meuhad) ( he, עֵין חֲרוֹד מְאֻחָד) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley near Mount Gilboa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of . The kibbutz was the home of Yitzhak Tabenkin, one of founders of the United Kibbutz Movement, and was a symbol of the kibbutz collectivist ideology. However, in 2009 it began a process of privatization. Etymology The kibbutz is named after the nearby biblical spring of Ein Harod, known in English as the Well of Harod. The kibbutz is close to the site of the crucial battle of Ain Jalut from the year 1260, the first major Mongol defeat in the Middle Ages (Ein Jalut being the Arabic name of the spring). History The first Kibbutz Movement haggadah created in pre-state Israel was written at the (still united) Kibbutz Ein Harod during the 1930s. Kibbutz Ein Harod (Meuhad) was formed in 1952 following an ideological split in the original Kibbutz Ein Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Harod (Ihud)
Ein Harod (Ihud) ( he, עֵין חֲרוֹד אִחוּד) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley near Mount Gilboa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology The kibbutz is named after the nearby biblical spring of Ein Harod, known in English as the Well of Harod. The kibbutz is close to the site of the crucial battle of Ain Jalut from the year 1260, the first major Mongol defeat in the Middle Ages (Ein Jalut being the Arabic name of the spring). History It was formed in 1952 as a result of an ideological split in kibbutz Ein Harod (founded 1921), with Mapam-supporting members forming Ein Harod (Meuhad) and Mapai-supporting members breaking away to create Ein Harod (Ihud), which joined the Mapai-affiliated Ihud HaKvutzot veHaKibbutzim. Today both kibbutzim belong to the same movement, the United Kibbutz Movement. It is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qumya Qumy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
